Kurt Vonnegut Dies at Age 84

First may I say that I totally already posted this and it didn't show up.

Secondly, I thought this news was relevant because we are, in fact, a book club. While I've never read Vonnegut, I think I'll give it the ole' college try. Any suggestions???

Speaking of asparagus

The other day we had broccoli for dinner (it was a side dish, Ma, not the main thing). That night Joel commented to me how his tinkle smelled of broccoli. I went to the bathroom later and yup, broccoli. The next morning when Lucy sat on the potty: broccoli. Then all the next day... broccoli!

Yikes! Joel thought we must all be very dehydrated, if it was still in our systems like that. About three days later (all still broccoli-laden), I remembered that I'd purchased a new plastic bath mat (so the kids don't slip in the tub and crack their skulls open). The bath mat has a real plasticky smell, which is not unlike... broccoli tinkle.

So now my bathroom has the constant reek of broccoli tinkle (this is on top of the odor of my scented shower gel that smells just like the Great Ape House at the Lincoln Park Zoo).

Yum.

But at least all our skulls are intact.